Comments on: Two cents on Net Neutrality debate http://mrblog.org/2006/01/20/two-cents-on-net-neutrality-debate/ Mr Blog. Very technical, or silly, sometimes absurd. Wed, 16 May 2012 18:11:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Paulaner01 http://mrblog.org/2006/01/20/two-cents-on-net-neutrality-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Paulaner01 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 03:02:38 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=216#comment-528 I tend to fall into the "don't mess with a good thing" crowd. Regulation isn't going to take us where we need to go in the 21st century - we're falling behind as it is, and more laws will only throw a wrench in the wheels of progress. This can be worked out with more investment, innovation, and expansion, all to the benefit of the consumer. I tend to fall into the "don’t mess with a good thing" crowd. Regulation isn’t going to take us where we need to go in the 21st century – we’re falling behind as it is, and more laws will only throw a wrench in the wheels of progress. This can be worked out with more investment, innovation, and expansion, all to the benefit of the consumer.

]]> By: mark h http://mrblog.org/2006/01/20/two-cents-on-net-neutrality-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-527 mark h Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:55:48 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=216#comment-527 access has become a commodity service. Rates for access continue to decline. Divide a service area up by introducing too many competitors and price wars will drive most of them away. <br /> Give access providers the ability to source revenue from content providers and they will continue to develop their networks to bring the kind of competition your looking for. access has become a commodity service. Rates for access continue to decline. Divide a service area up by introducing too many competitors and price wars will drive most of them away.
Give access providers the ability to source revenue from content providers and they will continue to develop their networks to bring the kind of competition your looking for.

]]> By: Brenda K http://mrblog.org/2006/01/20/two-cents-on-net-neutrality-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Brenda K Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:31:50 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=216#comment-526 I agree - where I live I only have the choice of one broadband provider. This is not the free market, capitalistic ideal! This service provider consistently delivers less bandwidth than agreed, has outages, and raises rates. With no competition, they have no incentive to stop torturing their customers who are very dependent on their service. Hearing that these same service providers may hit VoIP companies with a service fee or surcharge just made my blood boil!! I agree – where I live I only have the choice of one broadband provider. This is not the free market, capitalistic ideal! This service provider consistently delivers less bandwidth than agreed, has outages, and raises rates. With no competition, they have no incentive to stop torturing their customers who are very dependent on their service. Hearing that these same service providers may hit VoIP companies with a service fee or surcharge just made my blood boil!!

]]> By: valeko http://mrblog.org/2006/01/20/two-cents-on-net-neutrality-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-525 valeko Wed, 25 Jan 2006 03:33:25 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=216#comment-525 I think the issue really <em>is</em> about net neutrality, though. Even if I have a vast, gargantuan plethora of last-mile access options, what good is it if the fundamental architectural principles of the Internet are not conserved, and each one only allows me to access a segment (perhaps with considerable overlap) of the greater Internet?<br /> <br /> Partioning the Internet and Internet traffic is a vast danger on any competitive scale. I agree that alternative options for end-consumers bear very heavily on this (after all, you'd think the most successful ISP is one that simply provides undifferentiated access to everything), but they are not the end-all. Partioning the Internet in principle is going to be a problem in any marketplace scenario in which it is so permitted. I think the issue really is about net neutrality, though. Even if I have a vast, gargantuan plethora of last-mile access options, what good is it if the fundamental architectural principles of the Internet are not conserved, and each one only allows me to access a segment (perhaps with considerable overlap) of the greater Internet?

Partioning the Internet and Internet traffic is a vast danger on any competitive scale. I agree that alternative options for end-consumers bear very heavily on this (after all, you’d think the most successful ISP is one that simply provides undifferentiated access to everything), but they are not the end-all. Partioning the Internet in principle is going to be a problem in any marketplace scenario in which it is so permitted.

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